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TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE
EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Reference to the body of this Report will indicate that the
weakest section in the School Medical Service of this Borough is
that relating to Dental Treatment. During the year an additional
Dental Surgeon has been appointed (Miss S. Glasstone), and
advertisements have been issued recently for the appointment of
yet another Dental Surgeon, as also for two additional Nurses.
To deal adequately with all those school children needing dental
attention, still further additions to the staff are necessary.
At the Children's Hospital, Balaam Street, Plaistow, this
Authority has recently established a Clinic, which provides Artificial
Light Treatment for any school child specially recommended.
The work is carried out under the supervision of a Lady Doctor
highly experienced in this form of treatment.
The consent of the Board of Education has been obtained for
the establishment of two Nursery Schools. It has been arranged
that one such School shall be erected in Abbey Road, in the North
of the Borough, and the second one at Rosetta Road, in the South
of the Borough. The provision of these Schools must prove a
great asset, and will serve still further to correlate the work of the
Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme with that of the School
Medical Service.
The outbreak of Small-Pox mentioned in my foregoing report,
has naturally affected the school children to some extent, but in
no instance has a child been seriously ill as a result thereof.
A Residential Open-Air School, to accommodate 60 girls, is
being erected on the site adjacent to the Boys' Open-Air School at
Fyfield, Ongar, and it is hoped that this will be open for the reception
of suitable pupils during the Summer of 1929.
I am, Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
School Medical Officer.
Town Hall,
West Ham, E.15.
April, 1929.
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